Baggage-fastener



No. 752,574. PATENTED FEB.'16, 1904. J. B. MOSES.

BAGGAGE FASTENER. v APPLICATION FILED JULY e, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

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y a I UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

JACOB BERNI-IARD MOSES, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

BAGGAGE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,574, dated February 16, 1904.

Application fi July 6, 1903. Serial No. 164,469. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB BERNHARD Mosns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Baggage-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baggage, but more particularly to a telescope or similar device.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a telescope one member of which is provided with a reinforcing-cord provided with a portion forming a handle.

Another object is to provide a single cord which will include a handle and terminal fastening means.

Further objects and advantages of this invention, as well as the novel features of construction, will be specifically set forth in the following description, and the details of the preferred embodiment thereof can be readily understood by reference thereto in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device complete, and Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view of the lid.

In order to illustrate the application of the invention, I have shown it applied to a telescope comprising the members 1 and 2, one of which is slidable within the other. One of the members, considered the lid member, is provided with a plurality of perforations'or openings conveniently disposed in the side and end flanges thereof, and these openings are preferably reinforced by eyelets. For the sake of clearness the member 3 will hereinafter be designated as a cord, although I reserve the right to utilize wire, rope, or any flexible material which is capable of being used for the purpose. As at present contemplated, it is intended to form two transverselyalining openings 4 and 5 in one of the flanges of the outer member through which cord is passed, leaving a free end 6, which constitutes one of the terminal fastening members to bereferred to hereinafter. The remaining portion of the cord is then carried over the outer surface of the telescope member, which in this instance is the lid or cover, so as to form an intermediate transverse loop 3, and the cord is then inserted through one of a pair of Iongitudinally-alining openings 7 and 8 and carried parallel with one of the side flanges of the lid until near one corner thereof, when it is interwoven through the side and end flanges, passing exteriorly around the adjacent corner to form a loop and reinforce it, and to the next corner in a like manner, the major portion of the cord being on the interior of the cover to avoid an unsightly appearance. After passing around the second end corner the cord is carried outwardly through one of the longitudinally-alining openings 9 and 10 in the flange in which those designated by the numerals 4L and 5 are provided and then inwardly through the remaining opening, forming an exterior handle-loop 11. The size of the handle can be governed by the amount of cord used to form the loop, and the remaining portion will be interwoven around the corners of the lid in a manner similar to that heretofore described, finally passing outwardly through the opening 8, after which a knot is formed with the adjacent portion of the cord, leaving a free end 12, which constitutes the fastening member complementary to the member 6. It will be noticed that the transverse terminal securing members 6 and 12 are in alinement with the loop 3*, so that when the inner telescope member is within the lid or cover the terminals 6 and 12 can be tied together to securely fasten the two telescope members together and at the same time effectually reinforce them intermediate their ends. The interwoven cord passing around and through the flanges of the lid member will relieve any longitudinal strain to which the telescope will be subjected and materially strengthen the device as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What i claim is v 1. A lid member having a cord, a portion of which is interwoven through the side and end walls. of the lid with one end extending transversely and exteriorly of the lid and having its terminal threaded transversely through one side wall of the lid, the other end of said cord being tied to the body portion thereof at the other side wall of the lid with itsterminal adapted for connection with the terminal of the first-mentioned end.

2. A lid member, having a cord a portion of which is interwoven through the Walls of the lid and having an intermediate transverse portion extending exteriorly of the lid, and secured on opposite sides, and free end portions carried by the cord, one end portion being tied and the other end being free to be drawn through the lid.

3. A telescope member, having a' cord interwoven through the sides and ends, and having a handle-loop carried by one of the side walls intermediate the ends thereof, a tie in the cord at the opposite side of the member,

. and free "tying terminals for transverse engagement with the member.

4. A telescope member, having side and end flanges, a cord interwoven through the side and end flanges, a handle-loop formed by the cord intermediate the ends of one of the flanges, A

a knot in the cord at a point on the member opposite to the handle, a free terminal leading from the knot, and a second terminal leading from the knot and passing through the member-at a.point on theside of the box opposite to the knot.

5. A telescope member, having a cord aportion of which is disposed on the interior thereof, with an intermediate exterior handle-loop, and an intermediate transverse cord portion connected to the first-named cord portion at the side of the member opposite to the handle-loop and having free tying terminals for the cord.

6. A pair of telescope members, acord engaging the side and end flanges on one of the members, a handle-loop formed in the cord on one side of said member, said cord being tied at the opposite side of said member, and having free terminals for encircling the telescope members at right angles to the first-named cord portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- JACOB BERNHARD MOSES.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. MAYFIELD,

F. J. GELLERf 

